CAF club draws: 11th December 2015
Dakar, Senegal
Draws for the preliminary rounds of 2016 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League and Confederations Cup will be conducted on Friday, 11th December 2015 in Dakar Senegal.
Uganda will be represented by Vipers Sports Club and Sports Club Villa in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup respectively.
55 teams each from the 56 member associations of CAF will take part in the two competitions – 12 highest ranked FAs are eligible to enter two teams in the competitions.
This will be the 52nd Edition of the Champions League and the 20th Edition under the current format.
In Tanzania, Yanga will carry the Tanzanian flag in the Champions League as 15 times Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia will represent Kenya.
Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan will be represented by St. George, Vital’O, APR and Leo Adraa’s Altabara respectively.
Sudan sends two teams to the competition – El Merreikh and Al Hilal.
The Champions League winner will qualify for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, and earn a right to play in the 2017 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the Confederations Cup.
TP Mazembe of Congo DR are the reigning Champions League winners while Etoile Du Sahel of Algeria are the CAF Confederations Cup holders.
The Champions League Teams:
1 – Algeria: E. S. Setifienne
2 Algeria: Mouloudia Olympique Bejaia
3-Angola: Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo
4 Botswana: Mochudi Center Chiefs
5-Burkina Faso: Racing Club de Bobo
6 Burundi : VITAL’O F.C.
7-Cameroon: Coton Sport
8 Cameroon: US Douala
9-Chad: Chad
10 Comoros: Volcan Club de Moroni
11-Congo: AC Léopards
12 Congo: Etoile du Congo
13-Côte D’Ivoire: Asec Mimosas
14 Côte D’Ivoire: Côte D’Ivoire
15-Egypt: Al Ahly Sporting Club
16 Egypt: Zamalek
17-Ethiopia: St. George
18 Gabon: Mangasport
19-Gambia: Gamtel FC
20 Ghana: Ashanti gold
21-Guinea: Horoya A.C
22 Guinea Equatorial: RACING DE MICOMISENG
23-Kenya: Gor Mahia
24-Lesotho: Lioli Football Club
25-Liberia: Nimba United Football Club
26 Libya: Ahly Tripoli
27-Madagascar: CNaPS SPORT FOOTBALL
28 Mali: Stade Malien
29 Mali: Onze Créateurs
30 Mauritius: Cercle de Joachim
31-Morocco: Wydad Athletic Club
32 Maroc: Olympique Club De Khouribga
33-Mozambique: CLUBE FERROVIARIO DE MAPUTO
34 Niger: AS Douanes
35-Nigeria: Enyimba FC
36 Nigeria: Warri Wolves FC
37-RD Congo: AS V.Club
38 RD Congo: TP Mazembe
39-Rwanda: APR FC
40-São Tomé: Club de Sporting de Praia
41-Senegal : AS Douanes
42 Seychelles: Seychelles
43 South Africa: Mamelodi Sundowns
44 South Africa: Kaizer Chiefs
45 South Sudan: South Sudan
46 Sudan: Al Merrikh
47 Sudan: Al Hilal
48 Swaziland: Mbabane Swallows
49 Tanzania: Young Africans
50 Tunisia: Club Africain
51 Tunisie: E.S.S.
52 Uganda: Vipers Sports Club
53-Zambia: Zesco United
54 Zanzibar: Mafunzo F.C
55-Zimbabwe: Chicken Inn FC